"20,000 heavily armed Roman infantry, and auxiliaries, are brutally ambushed by Germanic forces. Though the legions are not well trained, it is Arminius' tactics that prove to be decisive. For three days the Germanic Tribes surround the legions, killing Roman soldiers along with civilians, family members of the soldiers; some are even taken captive— most of whom are sacrificed on an altar to the Germanic Gods. Forty years later the Romans attack Germania again. As with many of Turtledove's novels, there are several viewpoint characters, including Arminius, Varus, and others. Give Me Back My Legions! Give Me Back My Legions!"
"in each round of the song, then a total of 364 items are delivered by the twelfth day. This custom began with and is maintained by PNC Bank. Two pricing charts are created, referred to as the Christmas Price Index and The True Cost of Christmas. The former is an index of the current costs of one set of each of the gifts given by the True Love to the singer of the song ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"". The latter is the cumulative cost of all the gifts with the repetitions listed in the song. The people mentioned in"
"My True Love Gave To Me: Twelve Holiday Stories My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories is a 2014 anthology edited by Stephanie Perkins with twelve holiday stories contributed by Perkins, Holly Black, Ally Carter, Matt de la Peña, Gayle Forman, Jenny Han, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Myra McEntire, Rainbow Rowell, Laini Taylor, and Kiersten White. The book was published on October 14, 2014 through St. Martin's Press. This anthology features twelve stories set during the winter months. Each story is told separately and is about a different pair of characters falling in love in different holiday settings."
"associated with it is derived from a 1909 arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic Austin, who first introduced the familiar prolongation of the verse ""five gold rings"" (now often ""five golden rings""). ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"" is a cumulative song, meaning that each verse is built on top of the previous verses. There are twelve verses, each describing a gift given by ""my true love"" on one of the twelve days of Christmas. There are many variations in the lyrics. The lyrics given here are from Frederic Austin's 1909 publication that first established the current"
"tree. On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me Two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Three french hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. </poem> and so on until <poem> On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a-milking, seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, five gold(en) rings, four calling birds, three french hens, two turtle doves and"
"and so would hardly need to be secretly encoded. The now-standard melody for the carol was published in 1909 by Novello & Co.. English composer Frederic Austin fitted the words to a traditional melody, to which he added his own two-bar motif for ""Five gold rings"". Many of the decisions Austin made with regard to the lyrics subsequently became widespread: The time signature of this song is not constant, unlike most popular music. This irregular meter perhaps reflects the song's folk origin. The introductory lines, such as ""On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me"", are"
"including William Shakespeare's poem ""The Phoenix and the Turtle"" (where ""turtle"" refers to the turtle dove). The turtle dove is featured in a number of folk songs about love and loss. One of these is a setting by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Turtle doves also are featured in the song, ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"", as the gift ""my true love gives to me"" on the second day of Christmas. If added cumulatively, by the end of the song, the recipient has been given 22. Turtle doves appear in the title and lyrics of a spiritual from the Georgia Sea Islands."
"simultaneously since the Holiday 100 launched as a multi-metric tabulation in December 2011. The album is also the highest charting Holiday album by a group since 1962. During the holiday season, 7 songs from ""That's Christmas to Me"" charted on ""Billboard""s Holiday Digital Songs chart. On December 10, 2014 ""That's Christmas to Me"" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. On December 24, 2014 the album was certified Platinum. By year's end (December 31, 2014), ""Billboard"" reported the album had reached a total of 1.14 million copies sold—becoming the 4th best selling album of 2014 by any"
"to Gold is a four titled track EP, credited as ""Joy"". The project was a sneak peek for her upcoming album and was funded by a Kickstarter Campaign with backers earning different rewards for supporting the project. A portion of proceeds from the sales had to go directly to STOP THE TRAFFIK's Chocolate Campaign. Three songs were released exclusively on December 18 to all the backers and released on iTunes and Amazon on December 23. The final song ""Get Back to Gold"" was not completed in time for the release, so it was delayed and added later to the EP."
"million copies and is the second best-selling Christmas album of all-time behind ""Elvis' Christmas Album"", which has sold more than 19 million copies worldwide. The original 1945 release and subsequent re-releases and re-packages spent a total of 36 weeks at no. 1 on the ""Billboard"" pop albums chart. The original album consisted of ten songs on five 78 records, all of which had been previously released. Each one had a holiday theme with the exception of ""Danny Boy"", paired with ""I'll Be Home for Christmas"" on its original record. Prior to the long-playing album era, such assemblies were not uncommon"
"into You"" (1996) and ""Let's Talk About Love"" (1997). It includes the US number-one single, ""I'm Your Angel"" (duet with R. Kelly) and the Golden Globe winning song, ""The Prayer"" (duet with Andrea Bocelli). The album has sold 5.44 million copies in the United States as of November 2016, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and has been certified five-times Platinum by the RIAA. In Canada, the album has sold one million copies and been certified Diamond by the CRIA. The album has sold 12 million copies worldwide and is one of the best-selling Christmas albums of all time. Celine Dion released"
"""Sounds of Christmas"" LP spent two weeks at number two on the Christmas Albums chart upon its 1963 release and re-charted for the next five years, and 1969's ""Give Me Your Love for Christmas"" reached number one there during its first of several annual chart showings before achieving Platinum certification. Other notable holiday projects include ""Home for Christmas"", a 1990 home video special that went platinum, and ""Sending You a Little Christmas"", a 2013 release that earned him a Grammy nomination in the category of Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Mathis also recorded 43 songs that reached ""Billboard"" magazine's Hot"
"The Twelve Gifts of Christmas ""The Twelve Gifts of Christmas"" is a song parody written and performed by Allan Sherman based on the classic Christmas song ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"". The song reached #5 on the Billboard Christmas Chart in 1963. A noted jukebox record supplier stated that if the record was released earlier, it ""might have been a hot number."" The song subsequently appeared on Sherman's 1964 album, ""For Swingin' Livers Only!"" The song was arranged by Lou Busch. He lists off the gifts in successive verses, and after some of them he adds more details about the"
"over 200,000 copies by the end of 1987. However, it failed to chart internationally. ""Neverending Love"", ""Goodbye to You"", ""Soul Deep"" and ""I Call Your Name"" were released as singles, with the first three becoming top twenty hits in Sweden. A non-album single, ""It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted)"", was released in December 1987, and became their second top five hit there. The song was later re-recorded – with the reference to Christmas changed to a neutral winter reference (""It's a hard Christmas Day"" replaced by ""It's a hard winter's day"") – and became a substantial"
"However, it began to pick up sales during the Christmas period, and six weeks after its debut was at the top of the charts, resulting in it being played on Top of the Pops and many radio stations. It was the first ever totally indie number one and it sold some 980,000 copies. Renée (whose real name was Hilary Lester), did not appear in the video for ""Save Your Love""; instead, she was replaced by a model. ""Save Your Love"" was ranked Number 5 on a ""Daily Telegraph"" list of ""Worst Christmas number ones of all time"". Save Your Love"
"with thirty. It also peaked at number one on both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and the Holiday Albums chart (her second to do so on the latter, following ""Merry Christmas"" in 1994). The album also peaked at number seven on the Digital Albums chart. It was certified Gold denoting shipments exceeding 500,000 copies by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on January 11, 2011. As of March 2013, it has sold 523,000 copies in the United States. In Canada, the album peaked at number fourteen. Outside of the United States, the album failed to achieve similar success. It"
"""The Twelve Days of Christmas"" has been revised to fit the Australian context, as an example: ""On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: 12 parrots prattling, 11 numbats nagging, 10 lizards leaping, 9 wombats working, 8 dingoes digging, 7 possums playing, 6 brolgas dancing, 5 kangaroos, 4 koalas cuddling, 3 kookaburras laughing, 2 pink galahs, and an emu up a gum tree."" Other popular Australian Christmas songs include: 'White Wine in the Sun"" by Tim Minchin, ""Aussie Jingle Bells"" by Bucko & Champs, ""Christmas Photo"" by John Williamson, ""Go Santa, Go"" by The Wiggles, and"
"holiday album ""Merry Christmas"" has sold over 15 million copies worldwide, and is the best-selling Christmas album of all time. It also produced the successful single ""All I Want for Christmas Is You"", which became the only holiday song and ringtone to reach multi-platinum status in the US. In Japan, ""Number 1's"" has sold over 3,250,000 copies and is the best-selling album of all time in Japan by a non-Asian artist. Her hit single ""One Sweet Day"", which featured Boyz II Men, spent sixteen consecutive weeks at the top of ""Billboard""s Hot 100 chart in 1996, setting the record for"
"both ""potent numbers"". Give Love on Christmas Day ""Give Love on Christmas Day"" is a Christmas song first recorded by Motown Records' family quintet The Jackson 5. Written by the label's songwriting-producing team, The Corporation (Berry Gordy, Alphonzo Mizell, Christine Perren, Freddie Perren and Deke Richards), the song was recorded for the Jackson brothers' 1970 seasonal album, entitled ""The Jackson 5 Christmas Album"". The song was well received critically upon release of the album. The festive track went on to be covered by groups such as The Temptations, New Edition, BlackGirl, and solo artists such as Coko and Johnny Gill."
"The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"" (Roud 68) is an English Christmas carol that enumerates in the manner of a cumulative song a series of increasingly grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days that make up the Christmas season, starting with Christmas Day). The song, published in England in 1780 without music as a chant or rhyme, is thought to be French in origin. ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"" has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 68. The tunes of collected versions vary. The standard tune now"
"Gold on December 7, 2005, Platinum on December 14, 2005 and 2x Platinum on May 19, 2006 by the RIAA. As of November 2017, the album has sold 3,724,100 copies in the United States. A version released in the UK entitled ""Ring of Fire: The Legend of Johnny Cash"" has a slightly altered track listing, with some of the above songs absent and others, such as covers of U2's ""One"" and Depeche Mode's ""Personal Jesus"", included in their place. The Legend of Johnny Cash The Legend of Johnny Cash is a single-disc compilation album of American musician and singer Johnny"
"Christmas Love Duets Christmas Love Duets is an collaborative compilation album of Christmas music put together for the Christmas season by Filipino actor and singer Daniel Padilla with actress Kathryn Bernardo under Star Records. The album features six songs with minus one including Jackson 5's ""Give Love on Christmas Day,"" ""Perfect Christmas,"" Judy Garland's ""Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,"" ""The Little Christmas Tree,"" Stevie Wonder's ""Someday At Christmas,"" and John Lennon's ""Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"". The album peaked at No. 1 on the Odyssey Music & Video's nationwide sales reports (overall). The title track, ""Perfect Christmas"", earned a"
"""well-worth many spins this holiday season, and will surely provide [listeners] with a fresh enjoyment of even the most traditional carols."" The album contained eleven basic tracks: Silver City (album) Silver City is a 2013 Christmas album recorded by experimental Christian rock band Falling Up. It was released digitally on December 6, 2013, and contained 11 tracks. It is the first Christmas-related album that Falling Up has released. Although the band labeled it as an ""extended play,"" at 11 tracks, it exceeds both ""Billboard""'s and the RIAA's definition for an EP, which is capped at six and five maximum tracks,"
"The Christmas Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection The Christmas Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in October 1993 by Columbia Records and included selections from the four Christmas albums that he had recorded to date: ""Merry Christmas"", ""Sounds of Christmas"", ""Give Me Your Love for Christmas"", and ""Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis"". The album made its first appearance on ""Billboard"" magazine's album chart in the issue dated December 18, 1993, and remained there for three weeks, peaking at number 162. It received Gold certification"
"had just become the first African-American male to win an EGOT – an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. Legend has previously said of his intention to create a Christmas album, he said ""I just made a new Christmas album. I've wanted to do this for a long time."" On October 11, 2018, Legend premiered two lead singles from the album, ""Bring Me Love"" and ""Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"" simultaneously on VEVO. Wonder features on the first song, ""What Christmas Means to Me"", in which he plays the harmonica, while Spalding sings on ""Have Yourself a"
"two weeks and was certified Silver. The second single ""Rushes"", also did well, going to number 5 in the UK charts, and the third single ""Incredible (What I Meant to Say)"" went to number 9. The fourth and last single ""Girl in the Moon"" didn't do as well but still got to number 21. The album actually has 69 tracks, but after the first 12 they are all 5 seconds of silence until the last one, which is a songwriting demo of ""Gotta Know Tonight"", effectively making it a hidden track. This songwriting demo has lyrics and music written by"
"Christmas"". It was one of the last Christmas singles to sell one million copies, won an Ivor Novello Award for highest selling record of 1980 – beating Barbra Streisand's ""Woman in Love"" and The Police's ""Don't Stand So Close to Me"". Subsequently employed full-time by EMI, Lorenz became one of the most prolific record producers in the music industry, producing over 800 albums (believed to be a world record), selling 8 million records, earning 17 platinum, gold and silver discs featuring some of the biggest international artists. After being asked by Unicef to help raise funds for children in Africa"
"parents are named Joseph (Ed Quinn) and Mary (Holly Elissa), and the solution is in the hidden message of the popular Christian holiday song ""The 12 Days of Christmas"", where a different disaster corresponds to each day and the ""five gold rings"" provide a messianic gift. ""The 12 Disasters of Christmas"" first premiered on the Syfy network on December 8, 2012 at 9PM Eastern. It became Syfy's most watched television film on its premiere since February 2013. The DVD version was released on January 6, 2014. The film received negative ratings, but critics have noted that the film is entertaining"
"of the album, for 4 consecutive weeks. ""Mi Navidad"" shipped 50,000 units in 2009 in the United States, and was certified gold by the RIAA. ""White Christmas"" was recorded by Bocelli for the album. The song debuted at No. 7 on the Hungarian Singles Chart. Bocelli covered ""What Child Is This?"" for the album, singing the carol with American R&B singer Mary J. Blige. The single was released in North America on November 3, 2009, the same release date as the album. Bocelli performed the song with Blige for his PBS ""My Christmas Special"", which aired on PBS stations throughout"
"countries including Australia, New Zealand and Norway. On December 1, 2014, ""That's Christmas to Me"" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America and became the group's first accredited release in the US. By year's end (December 31, 2014), ""Billboard"" reported that the album had sold a total of 1.14 million copies, becoming only the 4th album to sell a million copies in 2014 in any genre (being surpassed only by Taylor Swift's ""1989"", the ""Frozen"" soundtrack, and Sam Smith's ""In the Lonely Hour"") and was the Top Selling Holiday Album for 2014. A single from the album,"
"Silver City (album) Silver City is a 2013 Christmas album recorded by experimental Christian rock band Falling Up. It was released digitally on December 6, 2013, and contained 11 tracks. It is the first Christmas-related album that Falling Up has released. Although the band labeled it as an ""extended play,"" at 11 tracks, it exceeds both ""Billboard""'s and the RIAA's definition for an EP, which is capped at six and five maximum tracks, respectively. The iTunes Store and Amazon.com versions did not include the opening track, ""Intro/Jingle Bells"". Due to the album's release being too close to Christmas to press"
"the become the Christmas number one on 24 December despite only going on sale four days before on 20 December. It was reported that 1 million copies of the winner's single were pre-ordered by stores and that it was downloaded 50,000 times within 30 minutes of being available online. It ended as the United Kingdom's second best selling single of the year. In January 2007, the single was awarded platinum status by the British Phonographic Industry. According to the Official Charts Company, the song has sold 895,000 copies in the United Kingdom as of December 2012. Lewis emerged as the"
"the song are hired, not purchased. The total costs of all goods and services for the 2015 Christmas Price Index is US$34,130.99, or $155,407.18 for all 364 items. The original 1984 cost was $12,623.10. The index has been criticised for not accurately reflecting the true cost of the gifts featured in the Christmas carol. The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"" (Roud 68) is an English Christmas carol that enumerates in the manner of a cumulative song a series of increasingly grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days that"